David N. Greenfield - Overcoming Internet Addiction For Dummies

8 Part 4: Living a Balanced Life with Internet Use in Its Proper Place Chapter 14: Solutions for Real-Time Living Reminding Yourself of the Importance of Changing Your Tech Habits Balancing Your Values with Your Tech Use Getting Real with the Real-Time 100 Building and Maintaining Good Tech Habits Chapter 15: Parenting in the Screen Age Following Common-Sense Parenting Guidelines Setting Boundaries and Limitations Monitoring Screen Use Setting a Positive Example within Your Family Chapter 16: The Future of Internet and Screen Addiction Noting That Screen Technology Isn’t Essential Seeing the Issues That New Technology Will Bring Looking at the Tech of the Future Tackling Increased Internet and Technology Addiction in the Future

9 Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 17: Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Your Internet Use Take a Hard Look at How and Where You Are Spending Your Time Take a Week to Become Aware of How You Use Your Screens List Your Goals for Your Life Write Down the Ten Values That You Hold Most Dear Pick One Day to Steer Clear of Your Smartphone Take the Waiting Room Challenge Stop Taking Your Phone into the Bathroom, the Kitchen, or on a Walk Delete All the Junk Email You Have and Unsubscribe to All Unneeded Emails Turn Off Every Notification You Can Put Yourself on a Digital Diet Chapter 18: (Nearly) Ten Ways to Help Your Loved One with an Internet Addiction Communicate a Clear Message of Love and Concern Consider the Level of Help That Your Loved One Might Need Try to Get Your Loved One to Join in Your Effort to Help, But Take Your Time Have a Conversation about Your Loved One’s Goals, Desires, and Interests Set Limits and Boundaries Use Monitoring, Blocks, and Filters Consider Professional Help Don’t Take Your Loved One’s Use or Lies Personally Above All, Have Hope Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Overcoming Internet Addiction and Screen Overuse Set Aside Time and Places for Not Using Screens Never Have Your Phone Out during Meals Stop Using Your Phone as an Alarm Clock Avoid Smartphones or Screens at Least an Hour before Bed Turn Off as Many Notifications as Possible and Consolidate Apps Install Software or Apps That Monitor Screen Use Time Set Your Screen to Black and White Create a “Real-Time 100” List Learn to Tolerate Boredom Never Pick Up Your Phone While Driving

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1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The reward centers of the brain. FIGURE 2-2: The major parts of a neuron. FIGURE 2-3: A neuron firing. FIGURE 2-4: Inside a synapse.

2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: The frontal lobes, executive function, and dopamine (DA).

3 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: The circadian rhythm.

4 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: With the Real-Time 100, you make a list of 100 activities that don...

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You can only experience life in the present moment. Internet overuse and addiction interrupts the process of being present in the moment and can rob you of the ability to fully experience living. When you’re online, interaction with the world occurs through reflections found on a web page, app, video game, or the latest social media update. The Internet supports the illusion that you are in two places at once, and it appears to create this dissociation, in part, by the Internet’s ability to distort time when you’re on a screen.